Oral history interview with Gertrude Sonnenberg

Identifier
irn505503
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1993.A.0088.50
  • RG-50.002.0050
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Web Source

https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/irn505503

Extent and Medium

2 videocassettes (U-Matic), sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Creator(s)

  • Bernard Weinstein

Biographical History

The interview was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum along with other interviews between 1993 - 1997 by the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean College (now Kean University).

Archival History

The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Acquisition

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of the Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

Conditions Governing Access

No restrictions on access

Conditions Governing Reproduction

No restrictions on use

Copyright Holder: The Holocaust Resource Center at Kean University

People

  • Gertrude Sonnenberg
  • Bernard Weinstein
  • Sonnenberg, Gertrude, 1919-

Corporate Bodies

  • Red Cross and Red Crescent
  • Nordmark (Concentration camp)
  • Jüdischer Kulturbund

Subjects

  • Antisemitism--Germany.
  • Jews--Germany--Hausberge an der Porta.
  • Abortion--Latvia--Riga.
  • United States--Emigration and immigration.
  • Jewish women in the Holocaust.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Germany.
  • Jews, German--Latvia--Riga.
  • Women--Personal narratives.
  • Women concentration camp inmates.
  • Germany--Social conditions--1933-1945.
  • Dressmakers.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Atrocities--Latvia--Riga.
  • Dortmund (Germany)
  • Jews--Legal status, laws, etc.--Germany.
  • Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Personal narratives.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Underground movements--Latvia--Riga.
  • Hannover (Germany)
  • Hiding places--Germany--Hannover.
  • Sisters.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Jewish resistance--Latvia--Riga.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Deportations from Latvia.
  • Jewish ghettos--Latvia--Riga.
  • World War, 1939-1945--Concentration camps--Liberation.
  • Holocaust survivors--United States--Interviews.
  • Forced labor--Latvia--Riga.
  • Suicidal behavior.
  • Hausberge an der Porta (Germany)
  • Shooting (Execution)
  • Sweden--Emigration and immigration.
  • Kristallnacht, 1938.
  • Hesse (Germany)
  • Gas vans (Gas chambers)
  • Riga (Latvia)

Genre

  • Oral History
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